The Occult Sciences
Subtitle: Sketches of the Traditions and Superstitions of Past Times and the Marvels of the Present Day
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781417946273
Subjects: Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Body, Mind & Spirit; New Age; Occultism; Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism
First sentence: A BELIEF in the existence of fairies, or imaginary beings of diminutive stature, exquisite beauty, and unvarying benevolence, and, according to the poetical mythology of Southern Europe, constant frequenters of the haunts of men, appears to have been established in Europe in the dark ages, and may possibly have been borrowed either, through the Jews, from the Arabs in Spain, or, through the crusaders, from Syria and the Holy Land.